31 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1977
Page
1
A two part series discusses recovery after heart attack and daily pill management. Readers learn coping with heart disease while noting political and economic items and local events across pages 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 17.
The Supreme Court affirmed a Massachusetts 90 day license suspension for refusing chemical tests, sending the case back for review in light of a May ruling allowing suspensions without pre hearing. The decision cites nationwide similar laws and notes a separate Illinois ruling on suspensions without preliminary hearings.
At 11 months old Matt Humphrey highlights Halloween fun by inspecting a 120 pound pumpkin. His parents Mike Humphrey of 1715 29th St NW and Ann Stoner of rural Mount Vernon provided the fruit for a photo showing Matt climbing inside for a look at the world around him.
Mercy Hospital of Cedar Rapids now owns Hallmar Hall unit after merging with the Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center and its convalescent division. The Hall Radiation Center Foundation was the first donor to Mercy’s new Endowment Foundation with a 1.5 million dollar gift.
The Detroit Free Press offered $500 to 120 families to quit watching television for a month to study addiction. Of those approached, 93 refused, 27 accepted, and five chosen homes received TV repairmen to monitor the experiment starting in September.
A Sunday blaze at 1220 Third St SE destroyed the New and Used Shop run by Bennie Graw and an upstairs apartment. Firefighters fought for six hours before declaring total loss and the building was torn down for safety. No injuries were reported. The Red Cross aided 12 people. The site was the original Lebanese immigrant store of Bashara and Kacere families, historic gathering points for Cedar Rapids newcomers.
DETROIT UPI Hertz Corp reports the typical 1977 model costs rose to 3007 dollars yearly, 7 percent higher than 1976, driven 10000 miles annually, with a 30.1 cent per mile average. Insurance up 25 percent to 560 dollars, driving total costs since 1973 embargo up nearly 50 percent.
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